We all know that veggies are incredibly good for us and I won't bore you with all the nutritional benefits of them. Instead, I WILL bore you with 10 ideas to help you eat more of them, because let's be honest, you aren't eating enough (and neither am I). After 20+ years as a fitness [...]
As a firm believer in a Primal approach to eating and someone who has seen the incredible benefits as well as hundreds of transformations because of it, I know it works. I also understand that it's not always the easiest thing to stick to, especially for people who travel a lot. But that doesn't mean [...]
MyFitnessPal is by far the most popular app for tracking food and calories and the good news is that it's free and super easy to use. And if you're wondering why you need to count your calories, just take a look at the scale next time you're on it. The #1 reason you (and millions [...]
One of my favorite fitness authors is Tom Venuto. If you haven’t heard of him, he wrote an insanely popular book some years back called Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle. It was my “bible” for nutrition info and I implemented his strategies into my own diet and for many of my clients with great [...]
As a fitness coach, I've heard it all. And of all the things I hear on a daily basis, the struggle to consistently eat healthy is at the top of the list. I get it. You're busy. You barely have time to get all the things done you need to, let alone shop, prep, and [...]
It's no mystery that the typical American diet is not only filled with absolute garbage, but is responsible for dozens of health related problems, most prominently obesity. Now we can't blame our foods for our problems because we are all in control of what we put into our bodies every day, but the ease of [...]
Last year was one of the most challenging years of my life. I was working and commuting 10 hours a day in a job I hated, working on starting a side business, AND trying to build more muscle that year. My personal relationships started to suffer, and the worst part was my health did too. [...]
Of all the reasons excuses I hear as to why people struggle to eat healthy foods on a consistent basis, "I don't have time" is the most common. I've addressed the "excuse" thing in a previous post and strongly believe that 99% of us do have the time to eat healthy and exercise, it's just [...]
OK guys. Whether or not you're taking part in our 6-Week Paleo Challenge that starts on Monday 2/22, take a minute to read this because it might inspire you to join us! But first, read my post Why I'm Going Paleo And You Are Too and you'll have a better understanding of why I'm doing [...]
There was a time not that long ago when my diet consisted of deli sandwiches, potato chips, Dr. Peppers, Red Bulls, and Snickers Bars. I was struggling through a marriage that was running on fumes, was living paycheck to paycheck, and on top of that, got up every day to go to a job I [...]
